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NYC68F0291

1967-11-11 · PHOENICIA, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER PA-19 · N4267A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
L
Kind of flying
A3

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
180° / 30 kt
Temp
40° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,050 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
26
Age
32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

Y HWY,CONTACTED ROCK WALL AVOIDING ONCOMING AUTO.

Investigator remarks

CONTINUED WITH APPROACH OF DARKNESS,SELECTED BUS

Cause factors

  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/03 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
  • 84/A/7 A
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/L/K5 L
    PERSONNEL DRIVER OF VEHICLE

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4432. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4432.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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